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GA HEARING AID DISPENSER AUDIOGRAM TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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GA HEARING AID DISPENSER AUDIOGRAM TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:61 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 61
Reverse slope audiogram
Used for pure tones
Equal hearing loss across all frequencies
Improvement in hearing loss from low to high frequencies
Hearing loss in lower frequencies with better in higher frequencies
Term 2 of 61
Normal hearing thresholds
91+ db
0-20 dB
41-55 db
56-70 db
Term 3 of 61
BC thresholds cannot be worse than _________ thresholds.
O
AC
Pure tone average
<
,Term 4 of 61
Conductive hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Air gaps of 15 dB or greater are present and the bone conduction thresholds are within
normal range.
Auditory processing disorder
Mixed hearing loss
Term 5 of 61
Moderate to severe hearing loss thresholds
91+ db
56-70 dB
41-55 db
0-20 db
Term 6 of 61
Mixed hearing loss
both conductive and sensorineural loss. Ac and Bc thresholds outside of normal range
with bone gaps of 20 db or more.
both conductive and sensorineural loss. Ac and Bc thresholds outside of normal range
with bone gaps of 115 db or more.
both conductive and sensorineural loss. Ac and Bc thresholds outside of normal range
with bone gaps of 8 db or more.
both conductive and sensorineural loss. AC and BC thresholds outside of normal range
with bone gaps of 15 dB or more.
,Term 7 of 61
masked air conduction symbol for the right ear
Trapezoid
Circle
Triangle
Square
Term 8 of 61
Cerumen is another word for
discharge from the ear
ear wax
pure tone
blue
Term 9 of 61
Head phones : Deliver NBN masking to the NTE when there is a ________ dB or greater difference
between AC threshold of the TE and measured BC threshold of the NTE. Apply to every
frequency tested.
dB
]
40
70
, Term 10 of 61
Use interoctave frequencies when more than ______dB gap between frequencies.
20
40
[
dB
Term 11 of 61
Vent size for 40 dB or better ( at 250, 500, & 1K)
Medium or large
Small or standard
Small or large
Small or medium
Term 12 of 61
The masking noise for speech audiometry is __________ .
Select one:
A. narrow band noise
B. white noise
C. pulsating pure tone
D. broad band noise that is filtered to mimic the average spectrum of speech
Hearing loss rapidly worsens as the frequencies become higher
broad band noise that is filtered to mimic the average spectrum of speech
D. broad band noise that is filtered to mimic the average spectrum of speech
Headphones = 40 dB difference
Inserts = 60 dB difference
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